Because before I ever worked on a paper, I sold them on a street corner.You know the first thing I found out?Bad news sells best.Because good news is no news.Minosa""s Trading Post and the Holy Mountain:Along the way, they pulled in for gas at the desolate Minosa""s Trading Post - a two-story, roadside adobe brick building near a rock escarpment, in the remote desert:MINOSA""S TRADING POSTINDIAN CURIOSRUGS GAS OIL SOUVENIRSDRINKS ON ICEHerbie honked the car""s horn and entered the curio shop, but it was deserted.Annabella""s first wish is to "have a good night""s rest." He offers her his own bed and agrees to sleep alone on he couch ("shakedown on the couch.") She also reveals hat her destination the next day is Scotland:Annabella: There""s a man in Scotland whom I must visit next if anything is to be done.Meanwhile, in the home""s front hall-way, the deceitful Sheik purloined a gold watch (with chain) from one of the vest pockets of her father""s hanging vest."[Note: The same motto was also hanging inside Boot""s private office.Although the maxim was attributed o Boot, it also served as the reverse of Tatum""s publishing principle - to ""embellish"" or NOT ""tell the truth"" since he was known for ""embroidering the truth.